Here are your Puck Headlines: a glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media.
• The Vancouver Game 7 riots, as told through Legos. This would be the famous "riot kiss," with the Dark Knight standing in for the police. [Delicious Juice]
• Pittsburgh Penguins Coach Dan Bylsma on Sidney Crosby's rehab: "He came back to Pittsburgh after a hiatus or vacation with some of his teammates. The doctors here cleared him to go home and work out as he normally would be working out. He's been working out two times a day and progressing along his normal road of summer activity. That's what Sid has been doing. He's got another two and a half months ahead of doing that." [Penguins]
• Mike Eaves of the University of Wisconsin shoots down speculation that he's talked with the New Jersey Devils about their coaching vacancy. [Madison.com, via Fire & Ice]
• Another potential Devils candidate, Kirk Muller, is your new head coach of the Milwaukee Admirals, the Nashville Predators' affiliate. Muller was up for several minor league head-coaching gigs, as he leaves the Montreal Canadiens as an assistant coach. [Preds]
• Why Larry Brooks doesn't want to see the New York Rangers signing Brad Richards for the reported 8-year deal the free-agent-to-be is seeking. [NY Post]
• Breaking down the Hall of Fame field for Tuesday's big announcement. [CBC Sports]
• Jewels From The Crown with an evisceration of Ryan Smyth's post-trade quotes, regarding his motivation for leaving the Los Angeles Kings. Beautiful vitriol. [JFTC]
• Sean Couturier of the Philadelphia Flyers and Tomas Jurco of the Detroit Red Wings lead the NHL Draft's all-steal team. [Buzzing The Net]
• The Vancouver Canucks' new AHL affiliate? The Wolves. The Chicago Wolves. Twenty bucks says "Chelsea Dagger" has already been eliminated from the arena playlist. [Canucks]
• The Phoenix Coyotes have a multi-year affiliation deal with the Portland Pirates. Boy, those Maine-to-Glendale call-ups are going to be a cinch to pull off. [Coyotes]
• Another take on NHL realignment. [Pine Riders]
• Anton Stralman and Sami Lepisto were among the RFAs not retained by the Columbus Blue Jackets. [The Cannon]
• Mike Lundin was among the Tampa Bay Lightning RFAs not to be qualified. [Bolts Report]
• Dustin Byfuglien rocks an old school Winnipeg Jets jersey in a photo taken at the NHL Draft. So, in summary: OK for a current player to wear a Jets jersey at the draft but none of the picks can. [Panini]
• Examining the tricky details in the Winnipeg Jets moving to the former home of the Winnipeg Jets, who are new in Phoenix. [HOTH]
• Mike Richards on his trade to the Los Angeles Kings from the Philadelphia Flyers: "I think I was shocked to get the phone call that I was possibly going to be traded and it was a tough time. It's stunning you are going to be traded, but at the same time it's nice to go to a team that's got a lot of good players, a team that's going to have success in the future. I'm just happy to be there [Los Angeles] and be a part of it." [Sports Radio Interviews]
• What the new Flyers will be wearing next season. [Broad Street Hockey]
• Andreas Nodl and Tom Sestito re-up with the Flyers. [Frequent Flyers]
• The New York Islanders' depth chart after the draft. [Lighthouse Hockey]
• The Dallas Stars still intend to be players in the free-agent market despite their ownership concerns. [NHL]
• Brian Costello? Not a fan of ye olde Robyn Regehr trade for the Calgary Flames: "So are the aging Flames trying to win it now or rebuild? Because you don't trade a franchise cornerstone if you're trying to win now and you don't give up an early draft pick if you're trying to restock the cupboard." [THN]
• Fare thee well Mike Chen, old school blogger and friend of Puck Daddy. [BoC]
Finally, here's the hockey representation in the Chicago Gay Pride Parade this year (50 seconds in):